Chandigarh

The growing rift within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took another turn on Tuesday with senior advocate and party member HS Phoolka attacking senior party leader Yogendra Yadav. He said the party's campaign committee members had ensured his loss in the Lok Sabha elections.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab health department and the department of panchayats and rural development to file a detailed affidavit within two weeks on the supply of free medicines to rural dispensaries.

A day before a bill to replace the land acquisition ordinance is to be introduced in the Lok Sabha, Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), an ally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, on Tuesday decided to oppose the proposed legislation.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has come down heavily on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and observed that the central government's actions indicate that its stand is "anti-farmer".

Punjab agriculture minister Tota Singh on Tuesday said the state agriculture department would soon conduct a comprehensive survey to assess the extent of damage caused to wheat and other crops due to heavy rain in the region.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday assigned portfolios to his council of ministers, ending the suspense over sharing of portfolios between the ruling alliance partners PDP and BJP.

A day after a shocking video of a young Sikh boy being bullied by his schoolmates and called a "terrorist" appeared, a Sikh rights group has asked school authorities in the US to partner with parents, students and community groups to strengthen anti-bullying programmes.

The world does not need words, said a poet, it articulates itself in sunlight, leaves, and shadows; but certain words and expressions are always special to hear and carry across even the language barrier.

In a major setback to the emergency healthcare services in Kurali and nearby villages that have high prevalence of accidents due to a single road on national highway 21, the authorities have decided to close the emergency unit at the Kurali civil hospital after 8pm starting Monday.